Special Project

"Awakening the Sleeping Dust of Their Ancestors" brought together proposals from contemporary Peruvian artists that highlight the close connection that exists, and has existed, between the territory — its resources and cycles — and artistic practices. This collection of works proposes rethinking historical discourses, recovering traditional knowledge, making visible the artistic practices of different communities, and recognizing the space each creator belongs to, their particularities, and the fundamental link with the context. Additionally, in the development of these works, connections were established between creators who identify as traditional artists, craftsmen, visual artists, contemporary plastic artists, designers, among others.

These projects open up spaces for dialogue and bring viewers closer to the artistic creation processes of the ecosystems they inhabit and transform in contemporary Peru. These proposals retrieve modes of creation from the past and intervene in them, emphasizing their cycles of transformation. The projects emerge from collective efforts and due to the way they fluidly establish dialogues, they expand the boundaries of certain categories and definitions from which artistic work is currently understood. By delving into the details of the process, which is part of each proposal, the challenges of collective work and the tension between preserving traditional artistic knowledge and deepening experimentation and the generation of new ways of creating become evident.

The Special Project was located in the entrance hall of Casa Prado.